The Bauchi State Police Command has refuted what it described as purported video circulating on-line in some sections of the media the place safety operatives had been accused of gunning down a protester in Azare, the headquarters of Katagum native authorities space.
Commissioner of Police within the state, CP Auwal Musa Mohammed, via a press release by the Command’s spokesman, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, on Tuesday, distanced the police from the purported video, whereas warning purveyors to remain away from misinformation.
“The eye of the Bauchi State Police Command has been drawn to a purported video circulating on-line and in some sections of the media that claims safety operatives gunned down a protester in Azare on Monday, August 5, 2024.
“The Command needs to emphatically debunk this video and the accompanying information publications. These claims are unfaithful and deceptive. No such inhumane act incident was recorded by the command on the talked about location or every other a part of the state,” the assertion learn.
SP Wakil declared that the video was fabricated and that the police weren’t concerned in any of such incident.
He defined that previous to the nationwide protests, the Inspector Normal of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun had directed all officers to look in camouflage uniforms with a purple band on the left-hand aspect.
The assertion stated, “In mild of this, the video in circulation doesn’t painting or indict any policeman as revealed by some sections of social media”.
The assertion added that the Command has constituted a staff of investigators comprising seasoned detectives with the duty to mixture all allegations, suspicions and insinuations from numerous sources and undertake an expert, diligent and well timed investigation to ascertain proof.
“The investigation can be to clear all doubts and be sure that justice is manifestly served via a meticulous course of that may deploy all requisite protocols (which can embody exhumation of the demise physique if any), in addition to technical and scientific instruments which might be important to the detailed investigation of allegations of this nature,” the assertion stated.
CP Mohammed subsequently referred to as on media practitioners to not relent of their agency dedication and dedication to make sure world greatest apply of moral investigative journalism, aimed toward in search of the reality and establishing nationwide cohesion and patriotism.
“Ordinarily, the command would have ignored this subject, nevertheless it has turn into expedient to set the report, as some members of the general public are being misled by some part of the media,” Wakil stated.
Calling on the general public to ignore the video, the SP Wakil expressed the dedication of the Command to sustaining excessive requirements of professionalism, accountability, and justice, whereas urging the media to all the time confirm data via official channels.
